Several molecules and events involved in cell response to radiation-induced damage have been investigated towards a personalized radiotherapy. Considering the importance of active caspase-3 in the proteolytic cascade that ensures radiation-induced apoptosis execution, this research was designed to evaluate the expression levels of this protein as a bioindicator of individual radiosensitivity. P...

The Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD) requires Member States of the European Union (EU) to use a pool bioindicators, that is, Biological Quality Elements (BQEs), including fish species and each State shall, in fact, certify compliance with ecological quality goals WFD. New Italian Index Ecological Fish Communities (NISECI) is WFD-compliant index for analysis BQE river water bodies, bot...